Auction Action: Mark Donohue’s Championship Winning 1971 Javelin On the Block
The 1971 AMC Javelin that Mark Donohue drove to a championship in the Trans-Am series will be sold at the upcoming Russo and Steele Monterey Auction. This car was a true sledgehammer, racking up...
Killer Historic Drag Video: Frank Mazi’s Insane Blown Hemi Opel GT in Action Circa 1984
Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian is one of the best drag racing photogs we know. Her husband ain’t a band shooter either, but she’s cooler than him. Anywho, Dawn’s dad, Frank Mazi was a...
Revealed: What the Chevy Caprice Cop Cars Will Look Like, Link to Tech Manual
The talk and rumors have started to turn into facts regarding the upcoming Chevy Caprice police car editions. There will be two basic packages sporting at least one familiar option code, that being...
Event Gallery: Chryslers at Carlisle 2010
Our Pennsylvania-based photo contributor Joe Grippo may actually live at the Carlisle Fairgrounds in Carlisle, PA. He’s been our man on the scene for all the big shows this year and he’s...
Racing Junk Find: The Quickest and Fastest Drag Radial Car in the World
We never set our sights low around here, so when we went searching RacingJunk.com for a drag car, we found David Hance’s ass-kicking Mustang. This is the ET and MPH record holder for cars...
We attend FAST XFI Fuel Injection Training
We were recently invited to participate in a FAST XFI Fuel Injection Training class at Westech Performance Group. Our class was held at Westech Performance Group, the Unofficial Official Dyno Shop of...
Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Transmission Rebuild Part 2
In our first installment of this tech series, Indianapolis-based transmission master Jeff bradley pulled apart a 700-R4 transmission that he is overhauling for a fellow BangShift.com member. We were...
Historic Drag Video: Hot Action on the Strip in Montana Circa 1959
The late 1950’s were a very exciting time in the worlds of hot rodding and drag racing. The veritable small block Chevy was really gaining traction in the gearhead culture, companies like...
A BangShift.com Photo Tour of the Henry Ford Museum Vehicle Collection
Located in Dearborn, Michigan, the Henry Ford Museum is a true national treasure. Filled with a host of things that define the history and evolution of the American gearhead, we compiled a bunch of...
Carnage Video: A Blow Over at the Mud Bogs
Ever seen a guy dead hook in a mud pit before? Neither had we until we saw this video that we first heard about over at YellowBullet.com. This rear-engine machine has a blown, alky-burning motor,...
Craigslist Find: A Historic Ridler Award Winning Fuel Altered
As wild and crazy as it may sound, there was actually time that a race car was capable of winning the vaunted Ridler Award at the Detroit Autorama. Before the days of “rolling art” street...
Project Car Spotlight: Red Hot Racing’s LSR 1998 Camaro
When a bunch of BangShift.com forum members got together in 2008 and decided to transform one of their cars into a team LSR race machine, we watched with interest. This was a bold project with lofty...
Auto Trader Classics Event Coverage: Minnesota’s Back to the ’50s Car Show
A few years back we attended the Car Craft Summernationals at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. That was an epic event but everyone kept telling us about the “Back to the ’50s” show....
